Water pail equipped with air passageway

ABSTRACT

A water pail is equipped with an air passageway in a stopper to pass through external air so that contents contained in the water pail are smoothly exhausted out. Since the air passageway is provided to flow the external air into the stopper of the outlet, the contents contained in the water pail are smoothly exhausted out, thereby preventing the contents from being splashed out. Also, the production cost of the water pail can be reduced.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a water pail, and moreparticularly to a water pail equipped with an air passageway in astopper to pass through external air so that contents contained in thepail are smoothly exhausted out. 2. Description of the Related Art

[0003] In general, as shown in FIGS. 1a and 1 b, a related art waterpail is constituted in such a manner that a stopper 1 for exhaustingcontents contained in the water pail is formed at an upper side of thewater pail and the contents are exhausted out through an outlet 2 ifnecessary by opening the stopper 1.

[0004] The aforementioned related art water pail has several problems.Since the contents are exhausted out through one outlet 2, the contentsare not exhausted out smoothly. If the contents are poured in a cup or abowl, the contents are splashed out. For this reason, a problem arisesin that the contents are wasted.

[0005] To solve such a problem, a hole 3 of a predetermined diameter isseparately formed at the upper side of the water pail to flow externalair. However, in this case, a problem still arises in that both sidesshould be opened to pour the contents in a cup or a bowl.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide awater pail equipped with an air passageway, in which external air flowsinto a stopper of an outlet so that contents contained in the pail aresmoothly exhausted out, thereby preventing the contents from beingsplashed out of the receiving container.

[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a waterpail equipped with an air passageway, in which the production cost ofthe water pail can be reduced.

[0008] To achieve the above object, there is provided a water pail thatcan contain water and the like to exhaust out contents through a stopperof an outlet, the water pail comprising an air passageway to flowexternal air into the stopper of the outlet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] The above objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will become more apparent from the following detaileddescription when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

[0010]FIG. 1a is a front view showing a related art water pail;

[0011]FIG. 1b is a plane view showing a related art water pail;

[0012]FIG. 2a is a front view showing a water pail equipped with an airpassageway according to the present invention;

[0013]FIG. 2b is a plane view showing a water pail equipped with an airpassageway according to the present invention;

[0014]FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of a water pail equippedwith an air passageway according to the present invention; and

[0015]FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an air passageway according to thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0016] A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now bedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the followingdescription, same drawing reference numerals are used for the sameelements even in different drawings. The matters defined in thedescription such as a detailed construction and elements of a circuitare nothing but the ones provided to assist in a comprehensiveunderstanding of the invention. Thus, it is apparent that the presentinvention can be carried out without those defined matters. Also,well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail sincethey would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

[0017]FIG. 2a is a front view showing a pail equipped with an airpassageway according to the present invention, FIG. 2b is a plane viewshowing a water pail equipped with an air passageway according to thepresent invention, FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of a waterpail equipped with an air passageway according to the present invention,and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an air passageway according to thepresent invention.

[0018] As shown in the figures, a stopper 10 of an outlet is provided atan upper side of a water pail 20, and an air passageway 30 is providedinside the stopper 10 to smoothly flow external air when contents areexhausted out.

[0019] The air passageway 30 includes a bisection member 31 which isadhered to divide the inside stopper 10, and an air guide member 32which is adhered to both sides of the lower bisection parts of thestopper 31 and adhered to form predetermined air passageway 40 with apredetermined height along the lower inside surface of stopper 10.Because the air guide member 32 is provided to be adhered along theinner surface of the stopper 10 and is provided not to be stuck at theinside surface of the side of the water pail 20, the bisection member ofthe stopper 31 needs not make a predetermined bend onto the side of thewater pail 20.

[0020] The operation of the water pail equipped with an air passagewayaccording to the present invention will now be described.

[0021] If a user desires to exhaust contents using the water pail of thepresent invention, the user opens the stopper 10 and slants the waterpail at a predetermined angle. Thus, the contents in the pail 20 areexhausted out and at the same time the external air flows into the waterpail through an air passageway 40.

[0022] To smoothly exhaust the contents without any vibration, theexternal air should flow into the water pail so that pressure variationwithin the water pail can be reduced due to exhaust of the contents. Inother words, if a remaining space exists in the water pail due toexhaust of the contents, pressure difference continuously occurs in thewater pail, thereby causing the contents to be splashed out andvibrated. Accordingly, the external air flows through the air passagewayto uniformly maintain the pressure difference of the water pail, therebypreventing the contents from being splashed out and vibrated.

[0023] The water pail of the present invention is not limited to theexemplary drawings, and it is applicable to a beverage pail or a drumtub.

[0024] As aforementioned, the water pail of the present invention hasthe following advantages.

[0025] Since the air passageway is further provided to flow the externalair into the stopper of the outlet, the contents in the water pail aresmoothly exhausted out. Thus, it is possible to prevent the contentsfrom being splashed out and to reduce the production cost of the waterpail. Also, since the air passageway is detachably formed, it ispossible to facilitate cleaning thereof.

[0026] While the invention has been shown and described with referenceto certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by thoseskilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be madetherein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asdefined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. In a water pail that can contain water and thelike to exhaust out contents therein through a stopper of an outlet, thewater pail comprising an air passageway to flow external air into thestopper of the outlet during exhaust of the contents.